WIMBLEDON, England - Twelve months ago Andy Murray was watering the grass of Centre Court with tears. Now he's an Olympic gold medalist, U.S. Open champion, and in case you missed it, the first British man to win Wimbledon in 77 years. In defeating Novak Djokovic 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 in the final on Sunday, Murray extended his grass winning streak to 18 matches and has won two of the last three Slam finals he's contested.
Here are some of the best photos from the final day at Wimbledon, where Murray gave the hometeam so much to celebrate. The bubbly will be flowing down the streets of Wimbledon Village tonight.
British Prime Minister David Cameron and Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond were cheering hard from The Royal Box. (Anja Niedringhaus/AFP/Getty Images)
Murray and Djokovic have now faced off in the finals of the three of the last four Slams. With Murray's win, they're now 2-2. (Julian Finney/Getty Images)
The weight of a nation would make you collapse on court, too. (Julian Finney/Getty Images)
'It was just an amazing finish to the match,' Murray said. 'I was glad I managed to, you know, see all of my team and stuff afterwards. They saw what it was like last year after the match. It was a completely different feeling this year. And, yeah, I still, like I said, can't believe it's happened. This one will take a little while to sink in, I'm sure.' (Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Images)
'I just think for him, obviously ideally he would have won it himself, but I think this was the next best thing for him,' Murray said, as the non-tennis media in the room chuckled. 'I'm saying it seriously. I mean, I think he believed in me when a lot of people didn't.' (Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images)
Andy Murray almost forgot to hug his mother Judy when he went up into his player box. 'No, I forgot. Then I heard her screaming behind me.' (Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images)
'You know, for the last four or five years, it's been very, very tough, very stressful, a lot of pressure,' Murray said, speaking about the pressures of being the standard-bearer of British tennis. 'Because it's just kind of everywhere you go. It's so hard to avoid everything because of how big this event is, but also because of the history and no Brit having won. It's been very, very difficult.' (Karwai Tang/WireImage/Getty Images)
The atmosphere on Centre Court was like none anyone has ever seen, with the vocal British crowd loudly backing their man. 'The atmosphere was incredible for him,' Djokovic said. 'For me, not so much. But that's what I expected and that's how it was.' (Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Images)
10 minutes after getting his hands on the Wimbledon trophy, Andy Murray broke it. (Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Images)
Andy Murray, 2013 Wimbledon champion. Party up, Britain. (Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
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